Gambia vs Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Gambia
0.9586 GPI
in 2010
Sierra Leone
0.9607 GPI
in 2017
Gambia rank
146th
Sierra Leone rank
143rd

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Gambia
  • Sierra Leone
0.40.60.81197119942017

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.9607 GPI against 0.9586 GPI in Gambia, a difference of 0.0021 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Gambia ranks 146th and Sierra Leone ranks 143rd of 195 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3674 GPI 0.4308 GPI 0.0633 GPI Sierra Leone
1980s 0.4204 GPI 0.4945 GPI 0.0741 GPI Sierra Leone
1990s 0.4757 GPI 0.5516 GPI 0.0759 GPI Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Gambia or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.9607 GPI against 0.9586 GPI in Gambia as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Gambia and Sierra Leone?
0.0021 GPI, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sierra Leone?
13 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 1991.
How do Gambia and Sierra Leone rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Gambia ranks 146th and Sierra Leone ranks 143rd of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.